Weaverthorpe Pre-School
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A day nursery in Nottingham for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £6.40 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2022. Open since 2006, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Our current fees are £6.40 per hour, for non-funded children or for any child exceeding their 15 or 30 funded hours.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Up to 15 hours universal government funding for 3 and 4 year olds; 30 hours for eligible working families from the term after 9 months; up to 15 hours for eligible 2 year olds.
Worth knowing. Funded hours available between 9.00am-3.30pm; no chargeable extras; voluntary contributions requested.
What childcare usually costs in Nottinghamshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Nottinghamshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
NG5 6TAWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 17 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at this welcoming and safe setting happily, and they are warmly welcomed in by the staff. They have a positive attitude to their learning. Children are very familiar with what is expected of them. They quickly settle into the routines, such as washing their hands before they start to play, and eagerly join in with the 'busy feet welcome song'. Children giggle and laugh as they carry out the actions to the song. Once the song has finished, children listen carefully for their name and move quickly into their designated learning group.
Children have plenty of time and space to choose what they want to play with and where such as being inside or outside. Staff offer a wide range of toys, activities and resources that are attractively presented. This entices children to explore and have a go. Staff offer many experiences to increase children's knowledge and skills.
They engage with children well overall. For example, children follow a picture recipe for making popcorn. Staff encourage children to think and work out what they need to use to stop the popcorn from popping out of the pan. Eventually, children smile and say, 'A lid.' Children initiate their own imaginative play. They make pretend chocolate cakes with mud, mixing the mud with spoons in the pots and pans. Children proudly share their finished cakes with adults, demonstrating a sense of achievement. Children play cooperatively with one another, behave well and enjoy the company of adults.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve staff's understanding of how to use their teaching skills further to help children who have been identified as requiring extra support engage more in their learning - give children more time to respond to questions and think of ideas for themselves.
- 17 May 2022Good
- 13 December 2016Good
- 19 July 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Weaverthorpe Pre-School
- Nappies
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £6.40 an hour still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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